After a strugglesome — we're making that a word — preseason, Jahlil Okafor had something to say to his growing number of doubters in his sterling NBA debut.
BOSTON — As Isaiah Cannan drained his second three-pointer of the game, capping off a 13-6 76ers' run, Brad Stevens called timeout with his Celtics trailing 26-17 and 2:31 remaining in the season's opening quarter. Four Sixers starters jogged over to the team's bench, while Brett Brown waded out several feet onto the parquet and met his lumbering center before Jahlil Okafor could reach the pine.